The trio will arrange and direct warm weather activities for children and adults alike during the next few months both in and out of the city pool under the theme Summer in the City.

Among the events being planned are T-ball and softball games, an adult and kids fun day and teen skating.

The pool, which is set to open May 26, will host both swimming lessons and water aerobics.

In other council business:

• City engineer Matthew Barrow announced the city had received a letter of commitment from for funds from the United State Department of Agriculture Rural Development for sewer improvements. The funds will come in the form of a $694,000 loan at 2.75 percent and $544,000 in grants and will be used to for the city’s sewer improvement project in the Payne Drive area near the high school, which will be the final phase of sewer improvements in the city.

• A motion to approve a license to serve beer only for JB’s Lounge was approved.

• A motion to allow the American Legion Auxiliary to fly American flags in downtown Pembroke May 18-21 for Armed Forces Day, May 23-30 for Memorial Day and June 29-July 5 for the city’s Independence Day observance was passed.

• A motion to request an increase the city’s sewer rate from $27 to $29.5 per month to help offset expenses for maintenance and operation of the system was approved. The increase will begin in June of this year.

• The first reading of a proposed change to the city’s Planning and Zoning Ordinance Chapter 4 Title 6 as it pertains to mobile homes and manufactured housing was approved.